and let me tell you what she s lit again. she s litigated for the southern poverty law center in alabama the community legal services in philadelphia the national. naacp legal defense fund she addresses issues of law and justice nationally and internationally. she s been to god and rwanda and and england and wales and canada and south africa and before the united nations in geneva. she has addressed issues of law and justice. all of that gives her the credibility to write the books that she writes and speak on the topics that she speaks on. so, thank you. thank you, gloria. as an attorney as a professor as a playwright as an author. for being here thank you. and that long introduction makes me feel tired, but i want to make you feel tag as you did all that but i but it s to god be the glory and i i disappreciate the opportunity to use the skills as we ve done throughout all of our legacy and history the user skills. we have to to take our community forward. so i want to know
long and successful journalism career. before she turned her sights. thank god she did to monticello. she came to us in 2016 as our first public relations and community engagement officer. and it s my delight to welcome her tonight as a colleague. but more importantly as an honored speaker. a common refrain in gail s book is and i quote giving voice to the ancestors. and she does that of course and we try to do that by telling their stories. she describes herself as when i quote a woman whose voice is used as an instrument. not for herself but for those written out of history. a woman who after a lifelong journey founder family her home her purpose end of quote and in part it was because of monticello s work to find and learn from the descendants of its enslaved community. in a project called getting word. that gale found more of her family and their story gail s courageous telling of her story and that of her family. provides an inspiration to all of us and of course gail s
perfection intact. watch this program and it s entirely online, anytime, at c-span.org slash history. york there. she gloria brown marshall is a professor of constitutional law at college of constitutional justice in new york. there, she teaches constitutional, lot race in the law, evidence, gender and justice. before, that she was advancer college, teaching african honest i.d.s. she is a civil rights attorney and let me tell you when she s litigated. she s litigated for the southern poverty law center in alabama. the community legal services in philadelphia. the national naacp legal defense fund. she addresses issues of law and justice nationally and in internationally. she s been to ghana, rwanda, england, wales, canada, south africa. before the united nations in geneva, she has addressed issues of law and justice. all of that gives her the credibility to write the books as she writes and speak on the topics that she speaks on. so, thank you, thank, you gloria. as an atto
first lady of virginia is here tonight with us. thank you. [applause] many of you know that gayle had a long and successful journalism career before she turned her sights to monticello. she came to us in 2016. and it is my delight to welcome her tonight as a colleague, but more importantly as an honored speaker. a common refrain in gayle s book, and i quote, is giving voice to the ancestors. and she does that of course, by telling their stories. she describes herself as, and i quote, a woman whose voice is used as an instrument. not for herself, but for those written out in history. a woman who, after a lifelong journey, found her family, her home, her purpose. and quote. in part it was because of monticello its work to find and learn of the descendants of its enslaved community in a project called get where she found more of her story. her courage is telling of her story and that of her family provides an inspiration to all of us. and of course, gayle s book includes the w
Taking his buddy down to the train station, the band plays and once his body rides and jackson theres another parade taking his body home to his wife. You can watch this full conversation anytime at cspan. Org slash history. To welcome you this evening i am Leslie Greene bowman, the president of the Thomas Jefferson foundation and its my distinct pleasure to welcome you this evening as we celebrate the launch of Gayle Jessup White its reclamation, we and the descendants search of their families lasting legacy. Before we get started, i want to welcome a very special guest who is with me tonight. We are greatly honored that the first lady of virginia is here tonight with us. Thank you. [applause] many of you know that gayle had a long and successful journalism career before she turned her sights to monticello. She came to us in 2016. And it is my delight to welcome her tonight as a colleague, but more importantly as an honored speaker. A common refrain in gayles book, and i quote, is giv